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LanguagesGerman, English, French
Private tourOnly your group will participate
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Overview
Embark on this epic 6-day Kilimanjaro Rongai hiking adventure and enjoy thrilling scenic vistas and pristine wildlife on the way to the peak of Africa. This most picturesque, least crowded, and easier route compared to those on the southern slopes, with the smoothest acclimatization transition, is an ideal choice for the beginners and experienced hikers alike. Kitchen teams cook fully nutritious meals, porters carry your equipment and your professional guides will ensure you make it through this challenging but rewarding experience. With amazing views and a real sense of accomplishment to be found, this is an experience you won’t forget.
What's included
Pulse oximeters & Portable oxygen tanks & First aid kit
2 nights of accommodation in Park View Inn Moshi (before and after the climb bed and breakfast)
Return transportation from Moshi/from the starting/finishing point on the mountain.
Fair wages for the mountain crew as approved by the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority (KINAPA)
Gear for your climb/Items of personal nature /Visas /Flight/Travel Insurance
Tips for guides, porters and cook
Portable flush toilet with a toilet tent is available for extra charge $50$ for entire trek.
What to expect
Day 1: Moshi to Rongai gate to Simba Campsite
Mount Kilimanjaro
6h · Admission ticket included
• Elevation: 1,387/915 m to 1,950 m to 2,750 m
• Distance: 7km.
• Hiking Time: 4-5 hours
• Habitat: Montane Forest
You will have an early breakfast. Transfer by our vehicles through many villages and coffee and plantations for 2-3-hour drive to Rongai gate (1,950 m/6,398 ft). After signing in and preparing the porters, you will start hiking on a wide path winding through fields of maize and potatoes, and then enter into montane forest. You will then start to climb gently but consistently through attractive forest that shelters a variety of wildlife. The forest begins to thin as you arrive at Simba Camp (2,600 m/8,530ft) with fantastic views over the Kenyan plains.
Day 2: Simba Campsite to Kikelelwa Campsite
Mount Kilimanjaro
8h · Admission ticket included
• Elevation: 2,750 m to 3,600 m
• Distance: 18km.
• Hiking Time: 8-9 hours
• Habitat: Moorland
After an early breakfast you will have a steady ascent to the second cave where you will stop for lunch. You leave the direct trail at this point and strike out across the moorland on a smaller path toward Mawenzi side peak.to Kikelewa Camp in a sheltered valley. At the Kikelewa Camp you will settle for your dinner and overnight rest.
Day 3: Kikelewa Camp Mawenzi Turn Hut Campsite
Mount Kilimanjaro
6h · Admission ticket included
• Elevation: 3,600m to 4,330m
• Distance: 3 km.
• Hiking Time: 4-6 hours
• Habitat: Semi-Desert
After breakfast you will face a short, steep climb up grassy slopes; rewarded by superb all-round views, immersed in the vast surrounding wilderness. Soon after, you leave the vegetation behind and arrive at the Mawenzi Tarn Camp, which is situated in a spectacular cirque directly beneath the towering spires of Mawenzi Peak. After this hike, you will reach to the Mawenzi turn hut camp where you will also see the amazing undried Lake with no inlet as well as outlet here you will have lunch and rest then dinner and overnight at this camp.
Day 4: Mawenzi Turn hut campsite to Kibo Huts Campsite
Mount Kilimanjaro
6h · Admission ticket included
• Elevation: 4,330m to 4,695m
• Distance: 8km.
• Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
• Habitat: Alpine Desert
After an early breakfast you will cross the lunar desert of the saddle between Kibo peak and Mawenzi peak to Kibo Huts at the bottom of Kibo’s crater wall. You should spend the remainder of the day resting and preparing for your summit climb.
Day 5: Summit Day! Kibo Huts campsite to Uhuru Peak to Horombo Huts campsite
Mount Kilimanjaro
10h · Admission ticket included
Elevation: 4,695 m to 5,895m to 3,690m
• Distance: 4km up, 14km down.
• Hiking Time: 10-15 hours
• Habitat: Alpine Desert
Wake at midnight to a light breakfast and then prepare for your summit ascent. The goal is to climb before dawn so that you can reach Uhuru Peak shortly before or after sunrise. Leave to the peak at 12; 00AM, switchback up steep scree or possibly snow, and reach Gilman’s Point on the crater rim at 5,861 m/18,640 ft between 4 and 6 AM. At this point, you will have views of the fabled crater and its icecaps facing you. Then after 2 hours of hiking along the Kibo crater rim near the celebrated snows takes you to Kilimanjaro’s true summit, Uhuru Peak here you will spend some times for taking photo’s but it will depend on how you feel. After your summit activities done, descend back to the Kibo Huts, have lunch, rest, collect your equipment, and continue on down, re-crossing the saddle to the Horombo Huts. Have dinner and overnight at Horombo camp.
Day 6: Horombo Huts camp to Marangu Gate to Moshi
Climbing Marangu Route
6h · Admission ticket included
• Elevation: 3,690 m to 1,830m to 1,387m
• Distance: 18km.
• Hiking Time: 5-6 hours
After a long and enjoyable sleep, you will be awaked for breakfast and pack up, start descend through the moorland to Mandara Huts. Here you will have lunch then proceed with your triumphant recessional down through lush forest to Marangu park gate. Here you will sign out then after a vehicle will take you to back to the hotel where it is definitely time for certificate presentation and celebration!
Meeting and pickup
Pickup details
Pickup from the airport/Hotel will be by our representative who will always dress in the company uniform displayed by his name tag with a sign of your name printed .
Additional information
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
